Rubber glove



1 Sept. 16, 1924. 1,509,060

F. W. DODGE RUBBER GLOVE Filed Nov. 18, 1922 F 9 q y- 13w ento rz Frank 14 19002579 Patented Siept. 116, i924,

FRANK W. DODGE, (135' NEW' HAVEN,GQNNEOTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE SEAMIJESS RUBBER COMPANY, INC, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPQRA'IION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

RUBBER eLovE.

Application filed November 18, 1922. Serial No. 601,901.

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK l/V. DODGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rubber Gloves, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates'to rubber gloves, and with regard to certain more specific fea tures thereof to reinforced rubber gloves for use by physicians, surgeons or chemists.

The invention has for one of its objects to produce a very durable glove without materially adding to the cost of manufacture. Another object is to provide means adapted to conserve the original form of the glove and cause it to fit snugly at the Wrist and lower hand portion without interferin with the free flexibility of the finger, thum and upper hand portions.

Other objects will be apparent upon a consideration of the following description.

The invention accordingly consists in the various features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangements of parts which will be exemplified by the construction hereinafter set forth and the scope of which will be indicated by the following claims:

In the accompanying drawings there is shown one of various possible embodiments of the invention.

Fig. 1 is a view in front elevation of the improved rubber glove.

Fig. 2 is a view of the glove in rear elevation.

Fig. 3 is a side view partly in section.

Rubber gloves are usually drawn on to and off the hand by grasping the gauntlet or wrist portion with the other hand and exert ing a pull while working the fingers enclosed in the glove to facilitate fitting or withdrawal. As the surface of the rubber is somewhat adhesive, there is often exceptional strain particularly when fitting the glove onto the hand. Frequently this operation results in a tear of the glove and consequently in its discard. The present inven tion contemplates a. skeleton reinforcement of the glove proper which, while suitably strengthening certain portions, retains the characteristic of full and easy flexibility so important in a surgeons or physicians protective hand covering, It is, of course, not only desirable that the users hand may be easily closed and the thumb and fingers flexed in any direction without undue pressures destroying the sense of touch, but it is desirable as well that the wrist or gaunlet portion of the glove shall have an easily flexible characteristic to facilitate the operation of fitting the glove onto the hand and wrist.

With these and other features in mind, I have taken a rubber glove of previously known construction and applied to it a plurality of reinforcing strips in the manner hereafter described.

The general form or type of glove is indicated at 10. It consists usually of pure rubber molded with finger, thumb, hand and wrist portions integral. The gloves are usually dipped and acid cured but the particular molding, dipping or curing operations form no part of the present invention. Extending longitudinally of the glove at the rear there is a number, which may be one or more, of reinforcing rubber strips 11. Extending longitudinally of the glove at the front there is a number, which may be one or more, of reinforcing rubber strips 12. At the lower edge of the glove adjoining a turned edge 13 there is a continuous rubber band 14 and in spaced and parallel relation with this there is a second rubber band 15.

The rubber strips and bands are crossed as to the glove proper. Preferably the method of securmg is by a cement or adhesive, although it is within the scope of the invention in certain of its phases to co-relate the strips and the glove proper-by any other well known means of joinder. The strips and bands constitute a. skeleton of reinforcement which prevents tearing of the gauntlet portion yet permitsl stretching of the glove without undue pressure on any active portion of the hand.

As many changes could be made in the above construction, and many apparently widely different embodiments of the inven tion might be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that everything eontained in the foregoing description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in, a limiting sense.

l claim:

1. A rubber glove provided with rubber, longitudinal reinforcing strips on the front wrist portion, rullber longitudinal strips on the baclr and back Wrist portion, and trans verse rubber reinforcing strips encircling the glove at the wrist and open end and adapted to cross and co-operate with the said longitudinal rubber strips on the front and back.

2. A rubber glove having additional rein- :l'orcing strips of rubber at and adjacent the lower portion of the glove, said strips being arranged transversely of each other and joined With each other and with the glove proper.

3. A rubber glove formed With reinforcing strips spaced from each other and er tending longitudinally, and spaced reinforc ing bands around the glove near the open-- ing; said bands crossing the strips and both being joined With each other and with the glove proper.

l. rubber glove having a portion adapted to stretch over the hand and it around the wrist when in use, a plurality of rubber strips spaced from each other and extending longitudinally of the glove at the rear over the said portion and Well over the hand portion, a plurality of rubber strips spaced from each other and extending longitudinall'y of the glove at the front, and a plurality of rubber bands around the Wrist portion joined with the said strips and With the glove proper.

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